Project Manager (Plumbing)

About Us:

We are a mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP); building automation; and industrial piping contractor. Our team offers a variety of MEP and process piping services, including design-build engineering for new construction and renovation, installation and specialty construction, maintenance, and air balancing, start-up, and energy efficiency services.

Job Summary:

DeBra-Kuempel is seeking to fill a Plumbing Project Manager position in our Cincinnati Plumbing Division. This position is responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing plumbing projects from preconstruction through completion, ensuring work is performed safely, on schedule, and within budget. This role works closely with Project Managers, Estimators, Safety, field leadership, and Local Union 392 to manage manpower, materials, equipment, and job site logistics while serving as a company representative with owners, contractors, and vendors.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Plan, coordinate, and oversee plumbing projects from preconstruction through completion, ensuring work is performed safely, efficiently, on schedule, and within budget.
• Serve as the company representative in meetings with owners, contractors, vendors, and stakeholders, providing professional communication and timely customer support.
• Collaborate with Project Managers, Estimators, and Safety to coordinate manpower, job sequencing, productivity, and overall project execution.
• Oversee daily field operations and job sites, including supervision of plumbing crews and coordination of shutdowns, outages, and service work as required.
• Lead project startup and ongoing coordination efforts, including job kickoff meetings, weekly project and manpower meetings, and crew meetings when applicable.
• Manage labor planning and utilization, maintaining direct contact with Local Union 392 regarding manpower needs, apprentice placement, and workforce adjustments.
• Contribute to detailed preplanning activities, including work sequencing, manpower projections, material handling, procurement, delivery coordination, and equipment planning.
• Order and manage materials, tools, and equipment to ensure uninterrupted project flow and cost control within approved estimates.
• Ensure compliance with all company policies, safety programs, and local, state, and federal codes and regulations, including maintaining safe job site conditions and required training.
• Monitor project performance through productivity tracking, job cost reporting (including prevailing wage and Davis‑Bacon requirements), and weekly reporting.
• Proactively identify project risks, schedule impacts, and work conflicts, and advise management on mitigation strategies and corrective actions.
• Support estimating and preconstruction efforts by participating in walkthroughs, providing documentation, assisting with design‑build and service quotes, and supporting project handoff meetings.
• Perform regular site visits to construction and service projects and assist with permits, documentation, and administrative requirements as needed.

Qualifications:

• Proven leadership abilities with strong problem‑solving, negotiation, and decision‑making skills in a union mechanical construction environment.
• Minimum of 10 years of recent plumbing experience, with demonstrated understanding of field operations, project execution, and workforce management.
• Familiarity and working knowledge of Local Union 392, including labor coordination and apprenticeship structures.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, and blueprints, and to support estimating and preconstruction activities.
• Proficiency in construction management and estimating platforms such as Procore or ACC, along with strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively and professionally at all levels of the organization and with external stakeholders.
• Self‑directed, team‑oriented professional with a proactive, positive approach and a commitment to quality, safety, and continuous improvement.

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Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, see, talk, and hear. The employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is regularly required to walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to commute to field locations. The employee must have the ability to navigate around job site locations.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee should expect to sit for long periods in front of a computer and also travel to field locations as needed.

While visiting field locations, the employee may be required to work outdoors, be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical and electrical parts; high, precarious places; dust, fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions, extended exposure to sunlight; cold and heat; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the field work environment is usually moderate to loud.

Benefits:

DeBra-Kuempel offers a competitive benefits package to non-union employees, including health benefits, paid time off, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, an employee assistance program, company discounts, and more. Employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement will receive benefits as negotiated within their specific CBA and may be eligible to participate in our voluntary supplemental union benefits program.

Equal Opportunity Employer: As a leading provider of mechanical and electrical construction, facilities services, and energy infrastructure, we offer employees a competitive salary and benefits package and we are always looking for individuals with the talent and skills required to contribute to our continued growth and success. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled Affirmative Action Policy:

Please review our Affirmative Action Policy .

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